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Roman Imperial Coinage/Byzantine Coinage
C
ONSTANTINE
I
THE
G
REAT
. G
OLD
A
UREUS
AD 307-337
Enlargement
1581
Constantine I. Gold Aureus (5.3 g), AD 307/10-337
. Serdica, AD 313/4. CONSTAN-TINVS P F AVG, laureate head of Constantine I right.
Reverse:
IOVI CONSER-VATORI AVGG, Jupiter standing facing, head left, holding Victory on globe and scepter; at feet to left, eagle standing
left, head right, holding wreath in beak; N//.SER. RIC 2; Depeyrot 11/1; Calicó 5174a (same obv. die as illus.).
Extremely rare - only three
specimens noted by Depeyrot.
Used and removed from jewelry, sweated.
Sharpness of Extremely Fine
.
Estimated Value ............................................................................................................................................................... $2,000 - 2,500
Includes old envelope and description
.
B
YZANTINE
C
OINAGE
Enlargement
1582
Justin II. Silver 1/2 Siliqua (0.64 g), 565-578
. Ravenna. D N IVTI-NVS P P AVG, diademed and draped bust of Justin II right.
Reverse:
Cristogram in the form of a cross potent between two stars within wreath. DOC 215; Ranieri 428-9; MIB II 41; SB 413. Good strike on choice
metal. Darkly toned. An excellent example of this scarce issue.
About Extremely Fine
.
Estimated Value .....................................................................................................................................................................$800 - 900
Ex Millennia Collection (26 May 2008), 164
.
1583
Constantine IX Monomachus. Gold Histamenon Nomi-
sma (4.3 g), 1042-1055
. Constantinople. Christ Pantokrator,
nimbate, enthroned facing, raising hand in benediction and
holding Gospels.
Reverse:
Crowned facing bust of Constantine,
wearing loros, holding labarum and globus cruciger. DOC 2b; SB
1829.
Extremely Fine
.
Estimated Value ................................................... $600 - 800
1584
John II Comnenus. Gold Hyperpyron (4.3 g), 1118-
1143
. Constantinople, 1118-1122. Christ Pantokrator, nimbate,
seated facing on backless throne, raising hand in bendiction and
holding Gospels; across field by nimbus, IC-XC.
Reverse:
John,
on left, being crowned by the Virgin, on right, both standing
facing; the Virgin, wears nimbus crown, pallium, and mapho-
rium; John, wears divitision and loros, holds labarum and aka-
kia; between heads, M
; in left field, five line legend of
/
C /
/
/
; in right field, five line legend of
V /
/
/
/
. DOC 2; SB 1939.
Choice Very Fine
.
Estimated Value ................................................... $600 - 700
